Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Tarte for True Blood Palette Swatches

Jeeeeeeeez, there's so much going on with this palette that I'm going to have to break it up into a three part ordeal. The next post will be for the primer, liner, mascara, eye shadow dupes, and roundup. This is going to be very picture heavy...

By the way, if you haven't seen my first post with sneak peek pictures of the shadows and packaging, click here to check it out.


Row 1, 2


The Light, Fairy
Dusk, Dawn
Werewolf, Waitress
Nocturnal

Row 3, 4, 5

Charmer, Glamour Me, Stake
Bayou, Telepath, The True Death
Immortal, Moss, Legend, "V"


Ever hear the phrase "don't judge a book by its cover"? To be honest, I was put off by some of these shadows when I swatched them on my arm. The mattes, were by far, the easiest to swatch (and had the nicest formula). Others, not so much (a few kicked up a lot of dust -- mainly, some the shimmery shades). However, when used with a primer, I noticed a HUGE difference. For the sake of example, I swatched two of the shadows using the primer that came with the palette:


"V", Immortal, without primer
"V", Immortal, with primer


Yowza! Huge difference, indeed! As you can see, a primer is absolutely necessary or else you'll be very disappointed. Overall, I'm impressed. The only one I consider to be a dud is "Nocturnal". Out of all the shadows, it's the least pigmented.

1 comment:

MaquiLab said...

Awesome! I love the darkest shades, and I'm considering the options to lay my paws on this palette :)